The World Road Transport Organization (IRU) said the first Chinese TIR truck loaded with electronic products departed from China's southern city of Shenzhen to reach its final destination, the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, via a new 6,500-kilometer transportation corridor that runs through Kyrgyzstan. According to the IRU, the new route, a sign of China's increasing cooperation with Central Asia, allows trucks to reach Tashkent from Shenzhen in seven days instead of 20 by other routes under the TIR customs convention, which simplifies the bureaucracy of international road transport. In July 2023, China's Zhengzhou Hongyi Transportation company launched a similar TIR truck route connecting Shenzhen with Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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